The Cumulative Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Digests of reviews appearing in January—December 1905, magazines (continued 23)

+ — Sat. R. 100: 375. S. 16, ‘05. 960w.

Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d marquis of. Essays, v. 1, Foreign politics, v. 2, Biographical. ea. *$2. Dutton.

“If these essays were now to be reproduced as the work of a man who had done nothing else, they would not command attention.... The interest which attracts readers to them is the interest in the man otherwise so remarkable who wrote them at a time when, as Lord Robert Cecil, and as a private member of parliament at odds with his noble parent, he found it necessary to do something for his living.... That they are partisan goes without saying.... Although the essays are divided by the present editor into those of biography and those of ‘foreign politics,’ they are all really political and polemical.”—N. Y. Times.

+ + — Ath. 1905, 1: 334. Mr. 18. 450w.

“It is well worth while to collect them in two attractive volumes, not only for their intrinsic 304value, but for the light they throw upon the mind of the writer.” Edward Fuller.

+ + Critic. 47: 245. S. ‘05. 690w.

“The first volume is by far the more interesting.”

+ + Ind. 58: 1478. Je. 29, ‘05. 430w.

“It is patient, scholarly, and sound, and, taken at its own modest pretensions, admirable.”

+ + + Lond. Times. 4: 194. Je. 16, ‘05. 740w.

* “Regarded merely as historical studies, the contributions which Lord Salisbury made to the ‘Quarterly review’ are not important. Thanks, however, to the trenchant style and their author’s subsequent part in foreign politics, they are worth reprinting.”

+ Nation. 81: 430. N. 23, ‘05. 1250w.

“Very well worth reading on many accounts these essays are. But perhaps most of all as showing how a highly cultivated modern man and acute dialectician may still represent and embody an antiquated theory of politics.” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 305. My. 13, ‘05. 4430w.

+ + Outlook. 80: 688. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1180w.

* Salter, Emma Gurney. Franciscan legends in Italian art: pictures in Italian churches and galleries. *$1.50. Dutton.

Although this volume “consists largely of catalogues of pictures, frescoes, friezes, stained glass groups, and so forth, it is not designed chiefly as a historical study of the works of art with which it deals; its main interest is for the Franciscan student.... The representations of Francis, his followers and indeed all things Franciscan, and the influence of the Saint in early Italian art generally, are followed up and chronicled with a pertinacity and thoroughness which only the special student can appreciate.”—Acad.

* + Acad. 68: 1183. N. 11, ‘05. 380w.

* “We have found it rather dry reading from any point of view, but doubtless there are those who can profit by the information it conveys.”

— + Nation. 81: 509. D. 21, ‘05. 50w.

* “Presents the first attempt ever made to bring together into English and in small compass the stories around the pictures of Franciscan saints.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 796. N. 25, ‘05. 360w.

Salter, William. Iowa: The first free state in the Louisiana purchase. **$1.20. McClurg.

This is not the story of Iowa as a state, but an account of the incidents in American history which concern it, from 1673 to 1846, from its discovery to its admission as a state into the Union. Its varied history, under France, under Spain, in the Louisiana purchase, and the territories of Louisiana, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, and at last Iowa is followed. The book is illustrated with portraits and plans.

Am. Hist. R. 10: 955. Jl. ‘05. 50w.

“The work is painstaking and careful but its scope is limited.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 56: 594. S. ‘05. 140w.

“A vast amount of information is given in this condensed and readable shape.”

+ + Dial. 39: 19. Jl. 1, ‘05. 250w.

“The story is told in a style that is clear, but without distinctive merit of any kind. Neither new knowledge nor original treatment of old information is in evidence.”

— + Nation. 81: 64. Jl. 20, ‘05. 370w.

“His narrative lacks the flowing interest one would naturally expect, being retarded both by a peculiar inclusiveness of treatment and a somewhat halting style.”

+ + — Outlook. 80: 444. Je. 17, ‘05. 220w.

* Saltus, Edgar Evertson. Perfume of Eros; a Fifth avenue incident. †$1.25. Wessels.

“The perfume of Eros” was first published serially under the title, “The yellow fay.” It deals with some unlovely members of New York’s inner circle. Loftus, handsome and wealthy, picks up a tailor’s pretty little daughter and after solemnly promising to marry her establishes her in handsome apartments, takes her abroad and finally deserts her for the wife of his closest friend. The murder of Loftus on the eve of this elopement brings about a trial in which the characters who have thus far been good altho weak, perjure themselves and thereby smooth things over for the happiness of two of the weakest and wealthiest.

* “The story is interesting, especially if you regard it as a hooded satire.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 811. N. 25, ‘05. 420w.

Sample, John Calvert. Properties of steel sections: a reference book for structural engineers and architects. *$3. McGraw pub.

A work related to the well-known “Osborn’s tables,” in ground covered. An essential difference is that, in the tables of properties of compound sections, Sample gives I and r, while Osborn gives I and r2.

“The book will be frequently found a convenient handbook where much designing in steel is to be done.”

+ + — Engin. N. 53: 638. Je. 15, ‘05. 230w.

Sanborn, Alvan Francis. Paris and the social revolution: a study of the revolutionary element in the various classes of Parisian life. **$3.50. Small.

“The author begins by describing the present-day anarchistic philosophy and its developments, and then goes on to tell how its propagation is carried on in Paris by speaking, by conferences, by the anarchist press, and by acts—the last including insurrectionists’ outbreaks and individual crimes.”—Outlook.

“The author has done a rare thing. He has portrayed the radicals of society as men and women moved by all human emotions and not as human caricatures.”

+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 595. S. ‘05. 240w.

+ + Dial. 39: 94. Ag. 16, ‘05. 220w.

“There is plenty of picturesque material, and he makes the most of it. Ordinarily it would be no compliment to an author to say that his quotations are the best part of his book, but in this case it is, for they are so numerous, and well-chosen and are gathered from such diverse and often inaccessible sources as to form a valuable library of revolutionary literature.”

+ + Ind. 58: 897. Ap. 20, ‘05. 690w.

+ — Lond. Times. 4: 175. Je. 9, ‘05. 890w.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 276. Ap. 29, ‘05. 1510w. (Outline of contents.)

“It is a study of unusual thoroughness into the condition of Parisian life below the surface. The chapters are not as a rule, theoretical, but deal directly with actual life and observation, and in this way contain much that is picturesque and often even amusing.”

+ + Outlook. 79: 1061. Ap. 29, ‘05. 260w.

“An unusually earnest presentation of what modern anarchy stands for.”

+ + Pub. Opin. 38: 757. My. 13, ‘05. 500w.

+ + R. of Rs. 32: 123. Jl. ‘05. 200w.

Sanborn, Mary Farley. Lynette and the congressman. (†)$1.50. Little.

The setting of Miss Sanborn’s story is chiefly out-of-door Washington, where on long tramps and in a certain Madame de Chatres’ rose garden, the friendship between a charmingly naïve Southern girl and a Michigan congressman grows apace. There is somewhat of politics, there are slight peeps into social Washington, but the main story interest is restricted to the natural, spontaneous comradeship between two direct and unassuming people.

* “Things come to pass in a slow, mildly interesting, elaborate sort of way which interferes in 305nowise with the gentle reader’s nap between chapters.”

— Ind. 59: 1229. N. 23, ‘05. 110w.

Sandars, Mary F. Life of Honore de Balzac. **$3 Dodd.

The author has given the romantic career of a man of genius, whose loves and debts occupied much of his time, but who in his passion for labor, wrote his seventy-nine novels, accomplished a colossal amount of journalism and wrote several plays. Having achieved all this, he died in debt, unappreciated, and broken in hope, and afterwards came fame.

“An account of the events of Balzac’s career accurate in matters of fact, and written in a light, agreeable manner. It is not really worthy of the occasion.”

— Ath. 1905, 1: 493. Ap. 15. 760w.

“So far this is the best and most complete life of the great French romancer.”

+ + + Critic. 46: 563. Je. ‘05. 180w.

“Its form is attractive, its illustrations are good, and its sympathetic tone is alluring and generally well-balanced.” Annie Russell Marble.

+ + Dial. 38: 413. Je. 16, ‘05. 1170w.

“Miss Sandars explicitly disclaims all critical intentions. But her attitude toward her author implies a judgment. And that judgment, it seems to us, errs, if anything, in taking Balzac rather too seriously.”

+ — Ind. 59: 452. Ag. 24, ‘05. 520w.

* Ind. 59: 1163. N. 16, ‘05. 80w.

“In Miss Sandars’s work is presented, for the first time, an exhaustive account of Balzac’s life. The story is told simply, directly, with sympathy, and not infrequent humor.”

+ + Nation. 80: 419. My. 25, ‘05. 970w.

“While sympathetic and unquestionably entertaining, adds little of importance to our knowledge of the subject. It is essentially a volume of literary ‘small talk’ ... all very diverting, to be sure, but hardly constituting a biography.”

+ Outlook. 79: 856. Ap. 1, ‘05. 170w.

“Miss Sandars has succeeded, where many have failed, in writing a readable and intelligent Life of Honore De Balzac. She has made little attempt to estimate the value and character of his writings, and therein she is wise, for such few specimens of criticism as she does present show neither sympathy nor understanding. Miss Sandars’s sketch is not without either coherence or verisimilitude.”

+ + + Spec. 94: 86. Ja. 21, ‘05. 1510w.

Sanday, Rev. William. Outlines of the life of Christ. **$1.25. Scribner.

“This volume is a reprint of the article ‘Jesus Christ,’ contributed to Dr. Hastings’s ‘Dictionary of the Bible.’ ... A notable feature is an improved map of the sacred sites, taken from various sources, and brought up to the latest stage of knowledge on the subject.”—Spec.

+ + Bib. World. 26: 75. Jl. ‘05. 150w.

“His article on Jesus has been recognized as a careful piece of work, but it falls short where one most wants light, in the point of a clear, satisfying statement of Jesus’s own thought and belief.”

+ + — Ind. 58: 1013. My. 4, ‘05. 110w.

“Strongly conservative in his tendencies, but open-minded, and candidly conceding much to the fellow-critics whose conclusions he rejects.”

+ + Outlook. 79: 707. Mr. 18, ‘05. 110w.

“Few scholars can approach the central subject of their religion with deeper learning, and with a happier combination of criticism and reverence than Dr. Sanday.”

+ + Sat. R. 99: 640. My. 13, ‘05. 90w.

+ + Spec. 94: 446. Mr. 25, ‘05. 80w.

Sanders, Henry Arthur, ed. Roman historical sources and institutions. (Humanistic series.) **$2.50. Macmillan.

“The University of Michigan devotes the initial volume of her ‘Studies’ to a collection of essays dealing with Roman historical sources and institutions.... Apart from Professor Dennison’s discussion of the singing of the ‘Sæcular’ hymn, all the papers are historical in theme.... Miss Mary G. Williams” contributes a “study of Julia Mamæa.... Dr. Duane R. Stuart investigates Dio Cassius’s use of epigraphic material.... Professor Drake ... traces the rise and decline of the principalitas in the pre-Diocletian army. Dr. G. H. Allen ... presents a valuable study of centurions as substitute commanders.... Professor Sanders ... collects all versions of the Tarpeia myth, following Krahner, and adds some allied stories,” and also gives a “discussion of the lost Epitome of Livy.”—Am. Hist. R.

“They display diligence and zeal. It is perhaps ungracious to object to their literary baldness and disjointedness; but none of the essays shows a facile pen.” Charles Upson Clark.

+ + — Am. Hist. R. 10: 621. Ap. ‘05. 500w.

Sandys, Edwyn. Sporting sketches **$1.75. Macmillan.

Mr. Sandys, author, artist, naturalist, and sportsman, has brought together here “picturesque accounts of shooting and fishing, pleasant descriptions of out-of-door experiences, practical information for the camper, fisher, and hunter.” (Outlook.)

“Mr. Sandys stands between the genuinely literary sportsman, such as Henry Van Dyke, and the mere spinner of wildly improbable yarns. There is a swagger in his style that seems unduly artificial now and then.”

+ + — Nation. 81: 259. S. 28, ‘05. 360w.

“The only trouble with the stuff is its essential artificiality.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 726. O. 28, ‘05. 240w.

“Rarely are sporting sketches found of interest to so wide an audience as this book will attract.”

+ + Outlook. 81: 336. O. 7, ‘05. 90w.

* + R. of Rs. 32: 754. D. ‘05. 40w.

Sandys, John Edwin. Harvard lectures on the revival of learning. **$1.50. Macmillan.

Lectures which discuss various aspects of the revival of learning under the titles—Petrarch and Boccaccio, The age of discoveries, The theory and practice of education, The academies of Florence, Venice, Naples, and Rome, The homes of humanism, The historian of Ciceronianism, The study of Greek.

“A readable and scholarly work.”

+ + Am. Hist. R. 10: 935. Jl. ‘05. 70w.

“Dr. Sandys combines with a profound knowledge of books a light touch and an appreciation of the spirit of the place.”

+ + + Ath. 1905, 2: 175. Ag. 5, 850w.

+ + Critic. 47: 380. O. ‘05. 90w.

“When we consider the mass of names and facts handled, the dexterity with which Dr. Sandys beguiles our attention is really extraordinary.”

+ + Lond. Times. 4: 202. Je. 23, ‘05. 580w.

Nation. 80: 396. My. 18, ‘05. 60w.

“It is a sad pity that so much patient investigation should be so little clarified by a sense of proportion and historic insight.”

+ — Nation. 81: 220. S. 14, ‘05. 370w.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 371. Je. 10, ‘05. 1120w.

+ + + Outlook. 80: 591. Jl. 1, ‘05. 120w.

+ + Spec. 95: 569. O. 14, ‘05. 1320w.

Sanford, Frank G. Art crafts for beginners. **$1.20. Century.

“To those who feel the need of some art expression, but who cannot attend an art school; to those who wish to follow the art of the craftsman; to those teachers upon whom demand is made for knowledge of the crafts—this little volume is addressed.” Instruction is 306given in design, thin wood carving, pyrography, sheet-metal work, leather work, bookbinding, simple pottery, basketry, and beadwork. The book is aided in its helpfulness to the beginner by the author’s working drawings, and reproductions of photographs.

“The treatment is terse, careful and suggestive. As a useful little manual for the teacher and as a practical guide for the amateur, this book should prove of great value.”

+ Int. Studio. 24: sup. 76. Ja. ‘05. 200w.

+ R. of Rs. 31: 251. F. ‘05. 90w.

* Sangster, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth (Munson). Radiant motherhood, **$1. Bobbs.

This “book for the twentieth century mother,” gives good council for the mothers of children at various stages of development. It discusses baby days, religious training, school, outdoor life and pets, manners, home reading and play-mates. There are chapters upon When children marry: The grandmother: Motherhood in fiction: Motherhood in the Bible: and Questions for the mother’s clubs. There is much that is helpful in the volume and it is written in a spirit which approaches motherhood reverently, and makes of it a thing both noble and ideal.

Santayana, George. Life of reason; or, The phases of human progress. 5v. ea. **$1.25. Scribner.

A five volume series. Vol. I, “Introduction, and reason in common sense,” and Vol. II, “Reason in society,” are already out. Vol. III, “Reason in religion,” Vol. IV, “Reason in art,” and Vol. V, “Reason in science,” are to follow. “Vol. I, ... ‘Reason in common sense,’ has chapters on ‘The birth of reason,’ ‘First steps and first fluctuations.’ ‘Discovery of natural objects.’ ‘On some critics of this discovery,’ ‘Nature unified and mind discerned.’ ‘Discovery of fellow-minds.’ ‘Concretions in discourse and in existence,’ ‘Relative values of things and ideas,’ ‘How thought is practical,’ ‘The measure of values in reflection,’ ‘Abstract conditions of the ideal.’ ‘Flux and constancy in human nature.’ Vol. II, ‘Reason in society,’ deals with love, the family, industry, government, and war; the ‘aristocratic ideal.’ democracy, ‘free’ society, patriotism, and ‘ideal’ society.” (N. Y. Times.)

“He can be brilliantly brief and weighty, and deliver long-drawn-out expositions with harmonious grandeur. He too brings us inspiration in a manner as delightful as it is distinguished.”

+ + — Acad. 68: 588. Je. 2, ‘05. 1100w.

“The style is unfamiliar and singularly disconcerting to anybody who is anxious to get at the gist of Prof. Santayana’s message. Trope and epigram, flaming phrase and pervasive metaphor, so blur the outline of his meaning that impatience gives way at times to absolute exasperation.”

+ — Ath. 1905. 2: 269. Ag. 26. 740w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“For one, therefore, who is willing also to think, the work is essentially readable throughout. It is full of keen insight wedded to apt expression.” A. K. Rogers.

+ + — Dial. 38: 349. My. 16, ‘05. 2760w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“It is, in fact, an eclectic philosophy, and. like other works of that sort, is likely to have more literary than scientific value. Professor Santayana’s style is highly polished, in parts too much so.”

+ + — Nation. 80: 461. Je. 8. ‘05. 330w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

N. Y. Times. 10: 89. F. 11, ‘05. 190w. (Statement of contents of v. 1 and 2.)

N. Y. Times. 10: 189. Mr. 25, ‘05. 560w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Ingenious, keen, and brilliant in a purely intellectual way, as all must confess Professor Santayana’s pragmatic treatment of the life of reason to be. those who are intent on a profounder moral pragmatism will, we fear, lay the volume containing it down with disappointment and regret.”

+ — Outlook. 80: 193. My. 20, ‘05. 550w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Seldom has a materialistic philosophy been presented in finer literary garb than in this series of volumes, or with stranger contradiction of experimental facts.”

+ — Outlook. 81: 577. N. 4, ‘05. 420w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

“He is always sufficiently independent without being in the least eccentric, and has much to say that is highly suggestive; but, in his praiseworthy attempt to avoid both dogmatism and polemics, on the one hand, and a too schematic and rationalistic method, on the other, he seems to the present reviewer constantly to run the risk of treating in a very general and somewhat superficial way some of the fundamental problems of philosophy.” Ernest Albee.

+ + — Philos. R. 14: 602. S. ‘05. 2250w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The first volume seems to us to be disappointing. It seems to lack definiteness of both purpose and expression. The second volume on the other hand, seems to us to be somewhat original in substance and manner of treatment, and is certainly fruitful in suggestion as well as principle.” George S. Painter.

+ + — Psychol. Bull. 2: 334. O. 15, ‘05. 2420w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“He writes with a real command of language and power of imagery, and to most readers his brilliant illustrations and epigrams will be the chief attraction of his work. We should be the last to deny their charms, but at the same time the thought is apt to be a little confused by the splendour of its presentation.”

+ + — Spec. 95: 119. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1740w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

Sargent, Charles Sprague. Manual of the trees of North America. *$6. Houghton.

Information concerning the trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) in a convenient form for the use of students and all those interested in trees and tree culture. The book includes a “Synopsis of families of plants,” an “Analytic key to families of plants,” a “Glossary of technical terms,” tend a complete index. There are six hundred and thirty trees described, each one accurately illustrated by the drawings of Charles E. Faxon. Professor Sargent has had thirty years’ experience in dealing with indigenous trees in the Arnold arboretum at Harvard, and the results of the knowledge thus acquired are here included, while Mr. Faxon has reproduced leaf-bud, leaf, flower, and fruit so ingenuously that each tree may be readily recognized at any season, and assigned to its proper group.

“A book which is indispensable to all students of American trees.”

+ + + Ath. 1905, 2: 84. Jl. 15, 470w.

+ + + Ath. 1905, 2: 280. Ag. 26. 320w.

“There is no reason why this manual should not become at once extensively used by all those interested in trees.” J. M. C.

+ + + Bot. G. 39: 301. Ap. ‘05. 150w.

“It is hard to see how a better or a different manual could be made. No serious student of American trees can do without it.”

+ + + Country Calendar. 1: 223. Jl. ‘05. 220w.

Dial. 38: 360. My. 16, ‘05. 90w.

“It will be especially valuable to students in the West and South, where the trees are not so well covered by other manuals.”

+ + + Ind. 59: 217. Jl. 27, ‘05. 300w.

“This task of providing a handy book of reference in fieldwork fell naturally to the author and illustrator of the ‘Silva.’ Both have done their work well.”

+ + — Nation. 80: 361. My. 4. ‘05. 930w.

“It cannot fail to be of the greatest value to students of botany and forestry.”

+ + + Nature. 72: 197. Je. 29, ‘05. 400w.

307“The arrangement is such that reference is easy.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 176. Mr. 18, ‘05. 100w.

“Is so written that with the least amount of trouble you may find to what family of species any particular tree belongs.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 216. Ap. 8, ‘05. 670w.

“The book is one of permanent value not only to the student of forestry but to all who wish to identify the species and genus of trees in all parts of the country, so that the work really holds with regard to trees such a place as is held in another field by Gray’s ‘Botany.’”

+ + + Outlook. 79: 908. Ap. 8, ‘05. 170w.

“It is an excellent book to put in the hands of all who are interested in village and park improvement, while owners of country places will find it indeed a vade mecum.”

+ + R. of Rs. 32: 127. Jl. ‘05. 150w.

“This is a book for the reference library in all our high schools.”

+ + School R. 13: 440. My. ‘05. 60w.

“The book is thoroughly satisfactory, and must at once become a standard among systematic manuals.” Charles E. Bessey.

+ + + Science, n.s. 21: 914. Je. 16, ‘05. 690w.

Spec. 94: 645. Ap. 29, ‘05. 50w.

* Satchell, William. Toll of the bush. $1.50. Macmillan.

“A genuine picture of life in New Zealand.... A story—genial, kindly, void of bitterness, and perfectly free from platitudinous unreality. The author presents a charming heroine, two brothers (one colonial born, and one a ‘new chum’ from England), a delightful old colonist of the early days, and at least five other characters who are too well and faithfully limned to be called simple sketches.”—Ath.

* “It has a rounded completeness, a full and broad humanity, which are by no means characteristic of contemporary fiction. A story full of real characterization, and at the same time alive with action, movement, and even with adventure.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 574. O. 28. 320w.

* “There is about the whole book a freshness and flavor of the wilds that give it a most welcome individuality.”

+ Nation. 81: 448. N. 30, ‘05. 360w.

* “There is an atmosphere of freshness and truth about the book that is most satisfying, and the interest is sustained to the end.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 876. D. 9, ‘05. 600w.

* “It has a thrilling story and not a few vividly written and exciting incidents. It seems to us far the best of the recent tales which have come to us dealing with Australasia.”

+ + Outlook. 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 80w.

* “It is worth reading chiefly on account of its minor characters such as Pine the Maori, and certain passages describing the wonderful depths of the bush. The hero and heroine and their love story, and with unnecessary complications, are tedious and commonplace, and the dialogue is for the most part stilted and rhetorical.”

+ — Sat. R. 100: 530. O. 21, ‘05. 160w.

* “The book is to be heartily commended as an able and original piece of work.”

+ Spec. 95: 821. N. 18, ‘05. 280w.

Saunders, (Margaret) Marshall. Princess Sukey: the story of a pigeon and her human friends. *$1.25. Meth. bk.

Altho Princess Sukey, the thorobred pigeon, flutters thru the story, the plot is chiefly concerned with the little boy who saved her life and with his grandfather, a retired judge, whose heart becomes softened to all weak things thru her and who fills his silent house with young life, letting the poor and the orphaned find a place in his heart and his home.

“It might be a tract promulgated jointly by the societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals and children.”

— N. Y. Times. 20: 434. Jl. 1, ‘05. 350w.

Savage, Minot Judson. America to England, and other poems. **$1.35. Putnam.

The poem which gives the title to this book was read at a banquet given to Ambassador Reid on the eve of his departure for England. The volume contains other verses for special occasions and selections from the best hymns and poems of Dr. Savage.

* + Critic. 47: 480. N. ‘05. 190w.

* “Despite a considerable fervor of feeling and great readiness of phrase and metre, few of the pieces ... are of a sort to engage serious poetic criticism.”

+ Nation. 81: 303. O. 12, ‘05. 160w.

* “The hymns lack the fervor in which the great hymns are rich. Mr. Savage has kept his product in this field entirely free from the zeal without reverence that is so often an offense both to taste and piety in modern hymnology. The memorial hymns show catholicity of appreciation.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 798. N. 25, ‘05. 330w.

Savage, Minot Judson. Life’s dark problems: or, Is this a good world? **$1.35. Putnam.

“In this series of ten papers ... Dr. Savage re-examines some of the questions that have beset humanity as long as humanity has put itself on record. Can we, in the face of the evil that exists in this world, believe in the goodness and wisdom of things as they are? Are suffering and evil reconcilable with an almighty, all-wise, and all-good God?”—N. Y. Times.

“The questions he asks are those that have been put by such as have thought and felt deeply since the day of Job onwards, and he writes as a man might have done at the beginning of the Christian era.”

— + Acad. 68: 896. S. 2, ‘05. 1490w.

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 372. Je. 10, ‘05. 820w.

“The discussion is luminous, rational, and effective.”

+ + — Outlook. 80: 392. Je. 10, ‘05. 100w.

Pub. Opin. 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 130w.

Savoyard, pseud. See Newman, Eugene W.

Scaliger, Julius Caesar. Select translations from Scaliger’s Poetics, by Frederick Morgan Padelford. 75c. Holt.

This twenty-sixth volume in the “Yale studies of English” series includes “such chapters or portions of chapters as bear most vitally upon the fundamental problems of poetics.... The table of contents has been translated in full in order that the reader may gain an impression of the Poetics in its totality.”

Schafer, Joseph. History of the Pacific northwest. **$1.25. Macmillan.

“In this volume the stirring narrative of the pioneer settlements in the territory now embraced in the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho is told in detail, while the organization and political progress of the three state governments are briefly sketched. The author has wisely selected for amplification ... the processes by which the wilderness was subdued, homes multiplied, commerce extended to all parts of the world, and a great civilization developed in a portion of our continent that we once called remote and inaccessible.”—R. of Rs.

Ann. Am. Acad. 11: 229. O. ‘05. 50w.

“A reading of it leaves the impression that it is the work of one who knows his field and whose conclusions may be relied upon.”

+ + Dial. 39: 209. O. 1, ‘05. 420w.

“He shows a fine grasp of the relative importance of events. The early period of its development is treated with great fullness and in style that fascinates the reader.”

+ + Ind. 59: 267. Ag. 3, ‘05. 80w.

Reviewed by Robert Livingston Schuyler.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 464. Jl. 15, ‘05. 840w.

308“The treatment is clear and logical, the tone impartial, and the style direct and agreeable. The book, in fine, is a useful addition to the literature of its subject.”

+ + Outlook. 80: 444. Je. 17, ‘05. 190w.

R. of Rs. 32: 123. Jl. ‘05. 130w.

Scherer, James A. B. Young Japan; the story of the Japanese people, and especially of their educational development. *$1.50. Lippincott.

“Dr. Scherer tells in detail the development of Japan as a nation, with much information concerning succeeding rulers and their reigns. He discusses every influence that has gradually led the Mikado’s empire to its present position among the nations of the world, and what this position has meant or means to the native literature, arts, or sciences. Anecdotes and legends are used to illustrate certain points.... It is profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs taken by and for the author, and drawings by Japanese artists.”—N. Y. Times.

“It is a useful pendant to his former work, ‘Japan to-day,’ and is, in effect, a sort of short philosophic history of Japan, which, however, is not treated critically.”

+ Ath. 1905, 2: 229. Ag. 19. 490w.

“He does not, however, go very far behind the looking-glass.” Wm. Elliott Griffis.

+ — Critic. 47: 265. S. ‘05. 220w.

“The style of the book is clear, straightforward, and marked by ease and poise. It is the book for the hour; for the chief problems about Japan just now concern her real purpose and moral force.” Wm. Elliot Griffis.

+ + Dial. 39: 62. Ag. 1, ‘05. 390w.

“A large portion of the book would make an excellent school-text book.” Adachi Kinnosuke.

+ + — Ind. 59: 389. Ag. 17, ‘05. 170w.

“When he discusses Japanese history, Dr. Scherer is at once accurate and philosophical; and his descriptions of Japanese school, street, and home life in town and country afford instruction and entertainment.”

+ — Lit. D. 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 470w.

“It is perhaps the general view of the long education of the Japanese, though but slightly touching upon the philosophy which has nourished the leaders of modern thought and action.”

+ + — Nation. 80: 522. Je. 29, ‘05. 280w.

“The story is concise and interestingly written.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w.

“His work is based upon a pretty solid foundation, and will be found both entertaining and informing.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 447. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1290w.

+ + R. of Rs. 32: 253. Ag. ‘05. 60w.

* Schnabel, Carl. Handbook of metallurgy, tr. by Henry Louis. 2v. *$6.50. Macmillan.

A second English edition of this treatise on metallurgy which is a translation of the second German edition. As the preface states: “The work is divided into two volumes. The first embraces the metallurgy of copper, lead, silver, and gold.... The remaining metals are treated of in volume 2, and the most important among them being zinc, nickel and mercury.”

* “If the data were only up to date, the book would form an excellent text book for students of metallurgy.” Bradley Stoughton.

+ — Engin. N. 54: 643. D. 14, ‘05. 2070w. (Review of v. 1.)

* “The merits and defects of the book remain much the same as the first edition. Prof. Louis is to be congratulated on the translation, which makes a valuable work available to British students.”

+ + — Nature. 73: 124. D. 7, ‘05. 220w. (Review of v. 1.)

Schneider, Norman Hugh (H. S. Norrie, pseud.). Electrical instruments and testing; how to use the voltmeter, ammeter, galvanometer, potentiometer, ohmmeter, and the Wheatstone bridge. $1. Spon.

“This book is intended for practical use and also as an introduction to the larger work on electrical testing. The apparatus described is modern and universally adopted. The lists are such as occur daily in the work of the engine room, power house, or technical school.” It consists of practical explanations with numerous examples worked out and fully illustrated with diagrams and drawings.

Schneider, Norman Hugh (H. S. Norrie, pseud.). Model library, v. 1. $1. Spon.

This volume is divided into four books. The study of electricity and its laws for beginners, comprising the elements of electricity and magnetism as applied to dynamos, motors, wiring, and to all branches of electrical work. How to install electric bells, annunciators and alarms, including batteries, wires and wiring, circuits, bells, alarms, thermostats, annunciators, and the location and remedying of troubles. How to make use of them, giving full detailed instructions for the manufacture of dry cells of any shape and size. Electrical circuits and diagrams illustrated and explained, new and original drawings, comprising annunciators, alarms, bells, dynamos, batteries, etc. The whole is fully illustrated. There is also a complete general index.

Schoonmaker, Edwin Davies. Saxon’s drama of Christianity in the North. $1.50. Hammersmark.

“There are forty persons of the drama, besides fairies, gnomes, a dwarf, and a witch, classified as the ‘Saxon unit,’ the ‘Roman unit,’ the ‘Greek unit,’ and the ‘Supernatural.’ The distinctions between the classes are not sharply made, and unless the reader is thoroly informed or highly alert his mind will become more or less befogged in following the flight of the Saxons away from the Christians and the complicated relations among Oswald, Father Benedict, Sigurd, Selena, and Canzier.”—N. Y. Times.

“It is a long, confused drama in blank verse, where the ambition of the author is more praiseworthy than the result of it.”

— Ind. 58: 783. Ap. 6, ‘05. 20w.

“‘The Saxons’ has the advantage of an unhackneyed theme ... but the story is not very clearly told.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 510. Ag. 5, ‘05. 370w.

Schultz, Hermann. Outlines of Christian apologetics for use in lectures: tr. from 2d enl. ed. by Alfred Bull Nichols. **$1.75. Macmillan.

After an introductory chapter treating of the problem of apologetics and its history, Dr. Schultz free from dogma and creeds discusses the nature of religion, postulates, and the reasonableness of the religious view of the world, philosophy of religion, religion in its historical phenomena, the nature of Christianity, the Kingdom of God, Christ, Jesus in history, &c. The volume is well annotated.

“Thoroughly scientific, and therefore failing to meet the requirements of orthodoxy, Professor Schultz’s apologetic is certainly evangelical in the best sense.”

+ + Outlook. 80: 885. Ag. 5, ‘05. 400w.

Schumann, Robert Alexander. Fifty piano compositions. $2.50. Ditson.

Mr. Xaver Scharwenka has selected and edited the fifty compositions which are included in this addition to “The musician’s library,” and has also contributed an introductory study of Schumann. There is a bibliography in English, German and French.

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+ + — Dial. 39: 213. O. 1, ‘05. 70w.

* “While every amateur may miss this or that pet piece, the editor has succeeded remarkably in his choice of the half-hundred most precious nuggets.”

+ + Nation. 81: 467. D. 7, ‘05. 80w.

“As an interpretation this introduction is not equal to the introductions of some of the other volumes in this series.”

+ — Outlook. 81: 333. O. 7, ‘05. 40w.

+ + R. of Rs. 32: 511. O. ‘05. 90w.

Schuster, Arthur. Introduction to the theory of optics. *$4. Longmans.

A text-book for teachers and students who are already acquainted with the phenomena of light as described in college books of general physics. “The first two-thirds of the volume are elementary; that is, they explain only polarization, interference, diffraction, the theory of optical instruments, and the peculiarities of the different crystalline media—phenomena that result simply from light’s consisting of transverse vibrations. The remaining third of the book contains the deeper theory of light, and is written on a novel plan, the idea being to direct students to the original memoirs without repeating their contents.” (Nation.)

“The reviewer feels that Professor Schuster, by clearness of exposition and the painstaking work spent in the preparation of such a timely and useful book, has put students and teachers of physics under no inconsiderable obligation.” E. F. N.

+ + Astrophys. J. 21: 382. My. ‘05. 780w.

“Prof. Schuster has been completely successful within the limits which he has laid down for himself. We recommend the work heartily to all advanced students of physics, with only a hint of warning that the information should be supplemented from other sources.”

+ + — Ath. 1905, 1: 53. Ja. 14, 910w.

“A notable addition to the literature of optical theory, and one which will prove of value to every student.”

+ + + Lond. Times. 4: 210. Je. 30, ‘05. 1330w.

+ — Nation. 80: 198. Mr. 9, ‘05. 480w.

“Fills a very obvious gap. The treatment is marked throughout by the author’s well-known and admirable lucidity of style.”

+ + Nature. 71: 457. Mr. 16, ‘05. 1030w.

Schwartz, Julia Augusta. Wilderness babies. †$1.50. Little.

Sixteen delightful stories which tell of sixteen equally delightful animal families. Young folks, when they have read them, will feel a truly friendly interest in: The one with a pocket: the opossum; The one that eats grass in the sea: the manatee; The biggest one: the whale; The one that lives in a crowd: the buffalo; and all the rest, elk, beaver, rabbit, squirrel, bear, fox, wolf, panther, seal, shrew, mole, and bat.

* “To make the stories quite perfect, it would be well that a naturalist should give them careful revision, so they may teach as well as charm the children, for whom they are written.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 723. O. 28, ‘05. 390w.

* “The stories should not only prove attractive to children, but they should give them much interesting information about the children of the woods.”

+ + Outlook. 81: 718. N. 25, ‘05. 80w.

Scollard, Clinton. Odes and elegies. *$1.35. G. W. Browning, Clinton, N. Y.

The dream note in poetry, the traditional, and the patriotic are all sounded again and again thru Mr. Scollard’s new group of verse. His seven pieces are The dreamers, Lawton, On a copy of Keats’s Endymion, Elegy in autumn, The march of the ideal, The stars of morning, and The Oriskany.

“A quality of dream-music, of dream-picture, is the most characteristic trait of his muse.”

+ Critic. 47: 192. Ag. ‘05. 110w.

“Mr. Scollard’s work sometimes seems labored, but he has imagination and lofty idealism for fairly steadfast companions, and they prompt him to an utterance which is usually worthy of his theme.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — Dial. 39: 65. Ag. 1, ‘05. 300w.

“Well endowed with a poet’s ideality, possessed of a good mastery of difficult metre, and a good command, perhaps a too good command, of poetic diction.”

+ + Nation. 81: 17. Jl. 6, ‘05. 280w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 332. My. 20, ‘05. 210w.

Scott, Eva. King in exile: the wanderings of Charles II. from June, 1646 to July, 1654. *$3.50. Dutton.

A preface sets forth the kernel of the volume—“These years were years of hope, when Royalists still stood in arms in the three kingdoms, when the intervention of Europe was confidently expected. But they were also years of hope deferred, years that saw the growth of divisions and dissensions in the Royalist ranks, the steady decay of morals among men capable of a splendid devotion, but not proof against all the misery it involved. And to many came the bitterest pang of all in the knowledge that these years had witnessed also the dishonor of their king.”

“So exhaustive has been her work that no future investigator will need to spend his time in digging where she has digged.”

+ + + Ath. 1905, 1: 590. My. 13. 750w.

“Miss Scott has given us a second book worthy of the reputation she gained by her first and we must not leave it without a special word of praise for her description of, and constant reference to, her authorities, and for the admirable index.”

+ + — Lond. Times. 4: 175. Je. 9, ‘05. 500w.

+ + Nation. 81: 300. O. 12, ‘05. 560w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 86. F. 11, ‘05. 230w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 323. My. 20, ‘05. 1270w.

“An adequate and rather minute account of eight years of vicissitudes.”

+ Outlook. 80: 193. My. 20, ‘05. 50w.

“She has not the tact to present the facts which she has mastered in an intelligible or artistic shape.”

— + Spec. 94: 513. Ap. 8, ‘05. 1560w.

Scott, Leroy. Walking delegate. †$1.50. Doubleday.

This novel, by an author who has been active in social settlement work on the East side, concerns New York labor unions and tells the story of the struggle between “Buck Foley” and the walking delegate who defeated him.

“There is genuine power in the book, and it holds the interest of the reader until the very last.”

+ + + Acad. 68: 832. Ag. 12, ‘05. 270w.

“The characterization of the story is gripping, and the dialogue is better than the curate’s famous egg. The style is picturesque without being purple.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 74. Jl. 15. 210w.

“Impresses one from the start as a work of uncommon power and realism.”

+ + Bookm. 22: 86. S. ‘05. 420w.

“Tragedy, sentiment, and lively narrative give the book a real interest.”

+ + Cath. World. 81: 400. Je. ‘05. 80w.

“A book written without any pretence of style, yet crudely impressive by virtue of its picturesque speech and its close acquaintance with the conditions depicted.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + — Dial. 39: 42. Jl. 16, ‘05. 230w.

“The tale is an interesting, and even powerful narrative. The workingmen of the story are generally true types. But the author has somewhat overdone the matter of endowing them with faulty syntax and cheap slang.”

+ + — Ind. 59: 452. Ag. 24, ‘05. 140w.

“Characters, incidents, conversations, setting are of the latest and seem impressively real. It 310is a strong story notable even among good novels.”

+ + + Lit. D. 31: 428. S. 23, ‘05. 560w.

“Mr. Leroy Scott has planted a literary standard in the field of American labor. Strictly speaking ‘The walking delegate’ is not a literary work, and, to judge by this example of his diction, Mr. Scott is not a stylist.” Stephen Chalmers.

+ + — N. Y. Times. 10: 341. My. 27, ‘05. 1550w.

“There is little doubt that ‘The walking delegate’ is one of the strongest books that the season has produced.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 389. Je. 17, ‘05. 190w.

“There is more genuine, living, human sociology in it than is to be found in half of the avowed studies of the relations of men in human society.”

+ + Pub. Opin. 38: 871. Je. 3, ‘05. 270w.

“Both as a human document and as a work of art, ‘The walking delegate’ is a book of extraordinary worth.”

+ + + R. of Rs. 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 140w.

* Scott, Robert H. Voyage of the Discovery. 2v. **$10. Scribner.

An exhaustive account of a three year Antarctic expedition which sailed in 1901 and spent two years below the Antarctic circle, making a new farthest south record. The geographical and scientific discoveries made are given in detail, the adventures met with and the new lands, mountains, and glaciers seen, are elaborately described. For the benefit of future voyagers there is a minute account of management and equipment of the “Discovery.” The books are written by the commander of the expedition and are illustrated from photographs and sketches, many of which are in color.

* “Looking on the book as a whole we cannot but think that it would have gained by compression, and by a somewhat more definite marking of the main lines.”

+ + Acad. 68: 1096. O. 21, ‘05. 1410w.

* “We cordially congratulate the author and the publishers on having combined to produce a book which is in every way worthy of so remarkable an expedition.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 581. O. 28. 2510w.

* “The freshness and novelty of the subject matter command an immediate hearing, and the charm of the narrative, the well balanced perspective, and above all the manly record of heroic endeavor here revealed bid fair to make Captain Scott’s modest account one of the classics of polar exploration.” Charles Atwood Kofoid.

+ + + Dial. 39: 432. D. 16, ‘05. 2880w.

* “Lieutenant Mulock’s maps deserve special praise for their beauty, their accuracy, and their fulness of detail, while it would be impossible to speak too highly of the 260 illustrations that are not only an adornment to the book, but enable us almost as much as does the text to realize the conditions amidst which this expedition spent over two years.”

+ + + Lond. Times. 4: 334. O. 13, ‘05. 1460w.

* “Capt. Scott has written a book that will have a conspicuous place among the annals of polar effort, and it is worthy of it.” Cyrus C. Adams.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 793. N. 25, ‘05. 2340w.

* “Captain Scott has a singularly happy style, free from the stiffness of Cook and the formality of Ross, yet terse, vigorous and direct. This book comes as near perfection as we ever expect a book of travel to be.”

+ + + Sat. R. 100: 685. N. 25, ‘05. 2060w.

* “Captain Scott has done a splendid piece of work; not the least part of it is the production of the ablest and most interesting record of travel to which the present century has yet given birth.”

+ + + Spec. 95: 566. O. 14, ‘05. 1490w.

Scott, Samuel Parsons. History of the Moorish empire in Europe. 3v. **$10. Lippincott.

“Two volumes cover the whole period of Moorish occupation in the peninsula, while the third contains kulturgeschichtliche material of some interest and value. This is brought forward in the form of a series of essays on the arts, institutions, and influence of the Muslims, as well as on the Jews and the Moriscoes in Spain.”—Am. Hist. R.

“Mr. Scott’s three volumes are obviously the result of conscientious and comprehensive reading in some half-dozen languages, but their author lacks the historical temperament. His work, though not without a certain old-fashioned dignity of style, is too monotonous to be popular and too uncritical in its affirmations to content the trained student of history.” F. W. Williams.

+ Am. Hist. R. 10: 372. Ja. ‘05. 850w.

“It cannot be said that on the whole the ‘History of the Moorish empire in Europe’ is either a safe or a well-balanced book.” A. C. Howland.

+ — Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 354. Mr. ‘05. 920w.

Scott, Sir Walter. Waverley novels. 25v. $31.25. Crowell.

The world created by Scott in his Waverley novels and peopled with vitally real characters will never grow old-fashioned nor uninteresting. The Waverley novels hold the present day fiction reader no less than the student of literature who appreciates the significance of the Scott novel as the forerunner of historical romance. The present edition is made from newly set type; each story contains the author’s own introduction, besides notes, glossary and index to characters and scenes. There are excellent illustrations, many of them being reproductions of paintings by the Fine arts association of Scotland. The books are strongly bound, boxed and sold only in sets.

Scott, Sir Walter. Ivanhoe. $1.25. Crowell.

The issue of Ivanhoe as one of those attractive little pocket volumes, the “Thin paper classics” series will be welcomed by all lovers of Scott.

Scott, Sir Walter. Kenilworth. $1.25. Crowell.

That this thin pocket volume with the limp leather binding of the “Thin paper classics” series can contain Kenilworth complete and in readable type, will be to the reader both a surprise and a satisfaction.

Scott, Sir Walter. Kenilworth. $1.50. Crowell.

Uniform with the other volumes of the “Luxembourg” library, Kenilworth appears attractively bound in cloth with gold decorations, a photogravure frontispiece and seventeen full page illustrations.

Scott, William Fry. Structural designers’ handbook; giving diagrams and tables for the design of beams, girders, and columns, with calculations based on the New York city building code. $2. Eng. news.

“The purpose of this book, as set forth in the preface, is to shorten and possibly eliminate ‘much of the computation and drudgery which are necessary accompaniments of structural designing.’ ... The work provides, in a large measure, the essentials for the design of structures when not complicated by truss work or other unusual features. The time-saving is to be accomplished by the use of diagrams, which take up about one-third of the volume.” —Engin. N.

“The diagrams are well drawn, and considering the amount of information in some of them, are exceedingly clear. So far, too, as it has been possible to check them they have been found accurate and correct.” R. P. Miller.

+ + Engin. N. 53: 182. F. 16, ‘05. 1250w.

311Scruggs, William Lindsay. The Colombian and Venezuelan republics. $1.75. Little.

The new edition of Mr. Scruggs’ work contains in addition to former editions a chapter on the Panama canal, and the text of the latest canal treaty. “The author continues his history of the ‘Panama canal projects’ beginning with the failure of the De Lesseps Panama canal company and the organization of a new company to take over the franchise of the old one, pay its debts, and complete the canal on the new plan. He writes of the negotiations of the United States with Colombia in 1903, the rejection by the Colombian senate of the Hay-Herran treaty, and the final rejection of that treaty.” (N. Y. Times). Mr. Scruggs, by virtue of his twenty-seven years of residence in Colombia and Venezuela, is able to give first hand facts, and the results of his own observation.

+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 593. My. ‘05. 100w.

“In his Panama chapter there is nothing of any critical value. He writes generally with fairness, but superficially.”

+ Nation. 80: 290. Ap. 13, ‘05. 300w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 41. Ja. 21, ‘05. 290w. (Statement of scope).

“It is to be regretted that in a book of this kind, an authority in its field, and so well-printed in every other respect, there should be, as the result of careless proof-reading or writing, so many errors of the exact sort to mar its particular excellence.” Stanhope Sams.

+ + — N. Y. Times. 10: 214. Ap. 8, ‘05. 1450w.

+ Outlook. 79: 501. F. 25, ‘05. 160w.

“His book is probably the most reliable and authentic of any by an American author. The chapter on Panama which Mr. Scruggs adds to his book contains nothing that is new either in the way of history or of conclusion.”

+ + Pub. Opin. 38: 254. F. 18. ‘05. 450w.

“A volume full of interesting and valuable information.”

+ + R. of Rs. 31: 509. Ap. ‘05. 120w.

Seaman, Louis L. From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese. **$1.50. Appleton.

The immediate purpose of Dr Seaman’s journey to the front with the Japanese army was that of inspecting the sanitary and medical work among them. His experiences and adventures incident to that undertaking are most interestingly narrated in the present volume. His chronicles thrill with the spirit of Banzai Nippon, the shout of patriotism in the “Land of the rising sun.” He shows the course of law and order that transforms a Japanese citizen into a patriot and warrior, and points to the masterly preparation for war, based on scientific principles, which Japan has made a national business. The book is valuable for its generous amount of general information.

“Breezy, readable in the first degree. It is spicy and, like red pepper, is calculated less to irritate than to stimulate.” W. Elliot Griffis.

+ + Critic. 46: 471. My. ‘05. 170w.

“If Mr. Palmer’s book is taken as proof of Japan’s capabilities in destructive warfare, that of Dr. Seaman’s ‘From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese,’ is equally important as showing their constructive and conserving qualities.” Wallace Rice.

+ + Dial. 38: 10. Ja. 1, ‘05. 830w.

* “It is one of the most interesting and intrinsically instructive of the now numerous studies of the Russo-Japanese war.”

+ Lit. D. 31: 626. O. 28, ‘05. 120w.

“The text is colloquial in manner.”

+ + Nation. 80: 216. Mr. 16, ‘05. 1320w.

Outlook. 79: 195. Ja. 21, ‘05. 90w.

+ R. of Rs. 31: 125. Ja. ‘05. 130w.

* + Spec. 95: 504. O. 7, ‘05. 160w.

Seaman, Owen. Harvest of chaff. **$1.25. Holt.

A group of clever parodies which array Browning, Wordsworth, Tennyson and other poets of the Victorian era in an almost grotesquely modern light. The volume is a companion to “Borrowed plumes.”

+ — Ind. 58: 959. Ap. 27, ‘05. 90w.

“In many ways a riper book than any of the others. The humor of it, while quieter, is more subtle, and the phrase and versification of a more finished poetic style.”

+ + Nation. 81: 18. Jl. 6, ‘05. 470w.

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 332. My. 20, ‘05. 250w.

Sebring, Arad Joy. Girdle of gladness. $1. Badger, R. G.

Fourteen short poems upon such subjects as, The twenty-third psalm, The power of the church, Supremacy of Christ, and Amen of Lord’s prayer.

“Other collections of verse, pleasant but not dynamic, ... comprising a dozen or more rather monotonous but sincere devotional poems.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 678. O. 14, ‘05. 30w.

Sedgefield, Walter John, ed. See Battle of Maldon.

Seeberg, Reinhold. Text-book of the history * of doctrines; rev. 1904, by the author; trans. by C: E. Hay. 2v. $4. Lutheran pub. soc.

The first volume of Dr. Seeberg’s work treats “History of doctrines in the ancient church”; the second, “History of doctrines in the middle and modern ages.” The material from which the history is built has been drawn entirely from original sources.

Selincourt, Basil de. Giotto. *$2. Scribner.

“The significance of Giotto’s affinities with both the schools into which painting in Italy branched off during his lifetime is very clearly brought out by Mr. de Selincourt, who recognizes in his pictures—a great number of which are here reproduced—the richness of imagination that distinguished the Florentines with the feeling for grace of form so characteristic of the Siennese.... The useful little monograph closes with what is, perhaps, the ablest section of the book, a very acute analysis of Giotto’s influence over others.”—Acad.

“It may ... be fairly claimed that his new biographer has made the best of the meagre materials at his disposal and has also succeeded in realising to some extent the personality of the gifted master.”

+ + Acad. 68: 521. My. 13, ‘05. 550w.

“Mr. De Selincourt, we think, has approached the subject with conscientious impartiality and an open mind.”

+ + — Ath. 1905, 2: 152. Jl. 29. 2100w.

“Here as hitherto the illustrations are frequent and sane, moderate in the critical and interesting in the biographical sections.”

+ + Critic. 47: 92. Jl. ‘05. 70w.

“Our author succeeds in placing him for the student in the right relation to his people and his time.”

+ Ind. 58: 1365. Je. 15, ‘05. 100w.

“Taken as a guide-book, it will serve its purpose perhaps as well as, if not better than, most of the volumes which have hitherto occupied themselves with an exposition of the master’s works, and as such will form even a welcome addition to the descriptive literature of its kind.”

+ Nation. 81: 129. Ag. 10, ‘05. 700w.

“The connoisseurship lacks a familiarity with the latest and most approved authorities, and the criticism, where unconventional, is impressive only as an expression of untried emotions.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 342. My. 27, ‘05. 210w.

“His criticism is sympathetic and illuminating.”

+ + Outlook. 80: 883. Ag. 5, ‘05. 160w.

312Senior lieutenant’s wager, and other stories. $1.25. Benziger.

“Thirty short stories by the foremost Catholic writers.” Some of them touch upon church matters from a Roman Catholic view point, in several a benign priest appears as good angel, but many are merely little love stories containing no question of faith.

Sergeant, Philip W. Courtship of Catherine the Great. *$2.50. Lippincott.

“Catherine’s love affairs, of course, went beyond all ordinary bounds of ‘indiscretion.’ ... It is useful to have in English a statement on this subject which covers the ground already traversed of Waliszewski and his followers on the continent.... By far the most important of the ten or twelve suitors whose affairs with the empress come into the present volume were Gregory Orloff, the chief actor in the plot of 1762, and the Prince Patiomkin.”—Nation.

“It is unfair to criticise too rigorously a book which is written ostensibly for amusement, and is, with all its shortcomings, amusing enough.”

+ — Ath. 1905, 2: 207. Ag. 12, 170w.

“Of new information in his book there is virtually none.”

+ Nation. 81: 120. Ag. 10, ‘05. 640w.

“The book however, granting its right to existence, is well put together.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 374. Je. 10, ‘05. 280w.

Setchell, William Albert. Limu. 25c. Univ. of Cal.

“This is the name applied to many species of seaweeds, especially those that are edible, by the native Hawaiians.... Professor Dr. Setchell gives the results of the investigations made by him several years ago, with a view to determining the specific identity of the different kinds of limu.”—Science.

Reviewed by Charles E. Bessey.

Science, n.s. 21: 756. My. 12. ‘05. 130w.

Seton, Ernest Thompson. Animal heroes: being the histories of a cat, a dog, pigeon, a lynx, two wolves and a reindeer. $2. Scribner.

The author assures us that “Every one of these stories, though more or less composite, is founded on the actual life of a veritable animal hero.” The first story describes four phases in the life of a slum cat whom luxury could not ween from her beloved junk-yard; Little Arnaux is a homing pigeon with a long record won by a fearless heart; Badlands Billy is the story of a wolf that won. Then follow stories of The boy and the lynx, Little warhorse, which is the history of a jack-rabbit; Snap, the bull-terrier who enters the story in a box marked “dangerous.” The Winnipeg wolf, and The legend of the white reindeer. Two hundred drawings by the author illustrate the volume.

* “The author’s power has increased as his style has become more simple and his allegiance to plain facts more indisputable.” May Estelle Cook.

+ + Dial. 39: 373. D. 1, ‘05. 240w.

* + Ind. 59: 1390. D. 14, ‘05. 30w.

“It is not necessary to say much more about Mr. Seton’s nice animals ... all bear the stamp of their creator, and all are more or less entertaining.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 710. O. 21, ‘05. 310w.

* + N. Y. Times. 10: 832. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* + Outlook. 81: 718. N. 25, ‘05. 100w.

Seton, Ernest Thompson. Woodmyth and fable. *$1.25. Century.

A book of booty gathered in the woods, quaint myths and fables, some of which are of Indian origin, while some have been whispered to the wood lover author-artist by Mother Nature herself. He has pointed them with clever morals, and illustrated them with dainty drawings. It is a book to pick up in odd moments, for in its prose and rime one can find beauty, sympathy, humor, and clever satire; and young folks can learn something of the discontented giraffe, the unmannerly porcupine, the stubborn land-crab, and other animals with human frailties.

* + Acad. 68: 1287. D. 9, ‘05. 70w.

* + Ath. 1905, 2: 576. O. 28. 130w.

“Mr. Seton has great facility and a very pretty wit in these matters—especially when self-illustrated.”

+ Bookm. 22: 87. S. ‘05. 200w.

+ Critic. 47: 478. N. ‘05. 250w.

“It is a series of chips from the workshop of a man who does larger things,—the brilliant joking of a thinker off duty.” May Estelle Cook.

+ Dial. 38: 386 Je. 1, ‘05. 360w.

* + Ind. 59: 1390. D. 14, ‘05. 20w.

* “Is too scrappy to enhance his reputation among children who know him by his ‘Two little savages’ and his animal biographies.”

— Lond. Times. 4: 432. D. 18, ‘05. 30w.

“This little volume is filled with pretty little suggestions which children will not only like, but which it will be good for them to read.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 346. My. 27, ‘05. 310w.

+ Outlook. 80: 94. My. 6, ‘05, 50w.

“The stories are short and admirably adapted for children.”

+ Pub. Opin. 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 100w.

* “Is most unsatisfactory. It is too difficult for children, too dull for grown-ups. Not even the most startling varieties of type can arrest the attention.”

— Sat. R. 100: sup. 12. D. 9, ‘05. 30w.

Sever, George Francis, and Townsend, Fitzhugh. Laboratory and factory tests in electrical engineering. *$2.50. Van Nostrand.

“The range of the book and its adaptability to its intended use as a manual for laboratory and factory testing may be best judged from a brief summary of the contents. The first chapter deals with resistance tests, temperature coefficient, etc. Dynamo and motor operation (direct current) is the subject of the next four chapters. Then alternating currents are taken up in ten chapters.... In the closing chapter ... electrical measurements of physical nature are taken up, such as permeability and hysteresis measurements, potentiometer, test, calibration of commercial instruments, etc. This chapter also includes some storage-battery tests and incandescent-lamp tests.”—Engin. N.

“The text is very lucidly written, although at some points too concise for ease in reading. The present testing manual will prove a good study text for those who have not ample opportunity to become acquainted in detail with electrical machines by personal experience.”

+ + + Engin. N. 53: 182. F. 16, ‘05. 570w.

Severy, Melvin Linwood. Mystery of June 13th. †$1.50. Dodd.

“Geographically, the plot is hatched in two places,—New Zealand and New Jersey. The main theme is the defrauding of a life insurance company by a man who claims to be his own brother, after having had himself ostensibly murdered, and having had said brother silenced by an awful threat.”—R. of Rs.

* “A tissue of preposterous absurdities, and, moreover, an exceedingly badly written book.”

— Outlook. 81: 683. N. 18, ‘05. 30w.

* “Though overloaded with superfluous details and unnecessary complications, stands out as a ‘detective story’ belonging to the highest class,—after Poe’s.”

+ — R. of Rs. 32: 763. D. ‘05. 90w.

313Shafer, Sarah Andrew. Beyond chance of change. †$1.50. Macmillan.

An idyll of childhood for both children and grown-ups. Rachel, the doctor’s little girl, who celebrates her eleventh birthday in the first chapter, is the real heroine, but her brothers and sisters and her village friends, big and little, play important roles in this drama of child days. There is Rachel’s tender conscience, which invariably awakes after the mischief is done and leads to confession and repentance of such dire deeds as stealing a doughnut and knocking the head off the china goat; there is the account of the wooing of Nora by Mike, with Rachel’s assistance; of the barely frustrated plan of the adventurous band who were about to set out for Idaho to find the cave of gold as described in “Idaho Ike; or, The boy billionaire”; and there are stories of a tea-party, a church social, a Fourth of July, and the dramatic pulling of a first tooth.

Critic. 47: 94. Jl. ‘05. 140w.

+ Dial. 38: 394. Je. 1, ‘05. 150w.

“Mrs. Shafer comprehends the divine ingenuity of the childish spirit.”

+ + Ind. 58: 959. Ap. 27, ‘05. 190w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 137. Mr. 4, ‘05. 420w.

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 295. My. 6, ‘05. 230w.

“Presents no problems and involves no tragedy, but is a delightful transcription of life in a little community in the central West before the fever and rush of recent years set in.”

+ Outlook. 79: 773. Ap. 1, ‘05. 80w.

Shahan, Very Rev. Thomas Joseph. The middle ages. *$2. Benziger.

A collection of essays intended to throw light upon church history of the middle ages. They are written from a Catholic view-point and contain a condensed treatment of “Catholicism in the middle ages,” “Results of the crusades,” “The Italian renaissance,” “Baths and bathing in the middle ages,” and kindred subjects.

“Even where no ecclesiastical considerations are involved, the author’s habit of facile generalization leads him into ... such eccentricities of judgment. The essays are pleasantly written and will prove agreeable reading to Catholics.” C. H. Haskins.

+ — Am. Hist. R. 10: 914. Jl. ‘05. 440w.

“They are always informing and suggestive. We suggest to Catholic higher schools and colleges, that they put these fine essays to constant use in the class-room of history.”

+ + Cath. World. 80: 674. F. ‘05. 350w.

“A collection of exceedingly well-written historical essays, from the Catholic point of view. Dr. Shahan is well read, eloquent, and obviously sincere.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 40. Ja. 21, ‘05. 220w. (Gives contents).

Shakespeare, William. Hamlet, ed. by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. **50c; limp lea. **75c. Crowell.

“Hamlet” is the latest play to appear in “First folio” edition of Shakespeare’s works. Accuracy of text, and a wealth of illuminative material are its distinguishing features. It includes a preface, introduction, literary frontispiece, notes discussing argument, sources, duration of action, date of composition, early editions, illustrations, glossary, variorum readings and selected criticisms.

Dial. 39: 20. Jl. 1, ‘05. 40w.

+ + Nation. 81: 75. Jl. 27, ‘05. 60w.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 608. S. 10, ‘05. 150w.

Shakespeare, William. Love’s labour’s lost; ed. by Horace Howard Furness, sr. (Variorum ed.). *$4. Lippincott.

“The present text follows the first folio of 1623, and forty-six editions have been consulted in the textual notes. The editor provides an enormous list of books from which quotations have been taken first hand. The appendix, which is exhaustive in its elaboration, deals with the date of composition, source of the plot, English, German, French criticism, &c., &c.”—Westminster Review.

“The new volume shows no abatement in thoroughness, conscientious zeal, or scholarly discrimination. As before he supplies us with full apparatus for textual criticism and interpretation, a carefully condensed summary of previous scholarship in matters of date, sources, and the like, and the kernel of the contributions of all the more important aesthetic critics. In addition to all this, he writes a preface bristling with stimulating and provocative suggestions, and forming an original contribution of serious importance for the history of Elizabethan literature.” W: Allan Neilson.

+ + + Atlan. 95: 231. F. ‘05. 1250w.

“It fully maintains the high standard of its thirteen predecessors. As usual, the long preface is one of the best parts of the volume, for there we have the genial editor all to himself. The editor attacks his material with his usual vigor and vivacity.” W. J. Rolfe.

+ + + Critic. 46: 184. Mr. ‘35. 490w.

“The erudition packed away in the volume before us is incommensurable in terms of reviewing. We can only thank the editor for his untiring single-heartedness, for the lucidity with which he has disposed his huge material; above all, for the fine shrewd humor which lurks in every page.”

+ + + Nation. 80: 135. F. 16, ‘05. 1940w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 148. Mr. 11, ‘05. 550w.

+ + + The Westminster Review. 163: 110. Ja. ‘05. 330w.

Shakespeare, William. Merchant of Venice. 35c. Holt.

Uniform with the “Temple school edition,” this book is designed for student use. It contains besides the text of the drama, and introduction which gives the life of Shakespeare and an outline and history of the play, a glossary and copious notes. There are six drawings by Dora Curtis and many illustrations from contemporary prints.

Shakespeare, William. Sonnets; with introd. and notes by H. C. Beeching. *60c. Ginn.

“Primarily addressed to students. The text adopted is practically Malone’s revision of the edition princeps, the Quarto of 1609, all the variations, with the exception of differences in spelling and punctuation being noted. The sonnets have been divided into groups and carefully annotated. Dr. Beeching discusses all the most recent theories on the subject, besides criticising the work of other editors of the sonnets.”—N. Y. Times.

“We should be at a loss to point out another edition of the sonnets where text, introduction and commentary are more nicely adjusted to each other. Others may have done more in poetical illustration and psychological analysis; but none have produced a more satisfactory compendium of all that is really necessary to be known about sonnets, or afforded a more serviceable key to their numerous difficulties.”

+ + + Acad. 68: 61. Ja. 21, ‘05. 510w.

* “Altogether the edition is so well-equipped that it is not likely to be superseded for many years. Advanced scholars will find it an excellent summary of rival views, almost entirely free from the strange temper and fantasy which are a feature of latter-day Shakespearean criticism.”

+ + + Ath. 1905, 1: 475. Ap. 15. 360w.

Ind. 58: 839. Ap. 13, ‘05. 280w.

“On the bibliographical side Mr. Beeching’s book ... is inadequate. But what he has attempted, Mr. Beeching has done well.”

+ + Nation. 80: 32. Ja. 12, ‘05. 290w.

“The notes are clear and full, and the editor has created every explanation that is not his own to its original proposer.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 11. Ja. 7, ‘05. 620w.

314“Canon Beeching’s introduction ... is a scholarly and able contribution to the literature of the subject.”

+ + Spec. 94: 177. F. 4, ‘05. 1500w.

* Shakespeare, William. Tragedie of King Lear; ed. by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. 75c. Crowell.

The latest volume in the “First folio” Shakespeare.

* Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate. Man and the earth. **$1.50. Fox.

Thirteen chapters on such subjects as Earth and man, The future of power, The exhaustion of metals, The unwon lands, The problem of the Nile, The maintenance of the soil, The resources of the sea, The future of nature upon the earth, and The last of earth and man, have for their purpose the awakening of “a sense of the nobility and dignity of the relation man bears to this wonderful planet and the duty that comes therefrom.”

* + + Outlook. 81: 890. D. 9, ‘05. 270w.

Shand, Alexander Innes. Gun room, *$1; *$1.25. Lane.

This little monograph “gets right at the heart of the man who loves a gun and his gunroom, the sort of book that is as conducive of reveries as it is to putting one alive to the possibilities of making of his gunroom the coziest and most comfortable sort of a den instead of a mere armory.”—N. Y. Times.

“Full of good advice for the man who loves his gun, his dog, and his tramp over moors and stubble in search of game. A companionable little book is this volume. Little in it that is technical, yet it is full of practical hints as to the care of a gun.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 92. F. 11, ‘05. 390w.

* Sharp, Mary. Point and pillow lace: a short account of various kinds, ancient and modern, and how to recognize them. *$2. Dutton.

“Mrs. Sharp has chapters on Italian needle and pillow laces, French, Flemish, English, and Irish laces, made by hand and the machine. The closing chapter is a summary, and includes briefly-stated facts about laces. A glossary of technical and French, Flemish, Italian, and other foreign terms has been inserted. There are many pictures in the book showing the different styles of laces.”—N. Y. Times.

* “Is a much more comprehensive volume on the subject than was the Goldenberg publication of last year.”

+ + Ind. 59: 1381. D. 14, ‘05. 120w.

* + N. Y. Times. 10: 727. O. 28, ‘05. 220w.

* + Outlook. 81: 705. N. 25, ‘05. 40w.

Sharp, William. Literary geography, *$3.50. Scribner.

“A collection of papers dealing with characteristic features of the country, real or described, of a number of widely known writers. The numerous illustrations are very helpful to the text in giving the reader a clear picture of the lands made familiar to all readers of George Meredith, Stevenson, Dickens, Scott, George Eliot, Thackeray, Brontë, Aylwin, and Carlyle. There are also, descriptions of English lakes, the Thames, and the lake of Geneva. The articles have appeared in the Pall Mall magazine during the years of 1903 and 1904.”—Bookm.

+ Critic. 46: 480. My. ‘05. 100w.

“Of the topographical literature now so much in vogue, this book is one of the best examples. It is full of interesting matter, is well written, and the authors selected for the description (mostly novelists) are those about whom every one likes to know; the illustrations, often made from special photographs, are numerous and uncommonly beautiful.”

+ + Dial. 38: 202. Mr. 16, ‘05. 280w.

“Mr. Sharp’s anecdotes are numerous and amusing.”

+ + Nation. 80: 120. F. 9, ‘05. 570w.

“Most entertaining book, not by any means exclusively devoted to geographical matters, straying, on the contrary, into many by-lanes of criticism, reminiscence, and biography. The book is one most book-lovers will be glad to have and to read.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 6. Ja. 7, ‘05. 1840w. (Survey of contents).

Sharts, Joseph William. Hills of freedom. $1.50. Doubleday.

The first novel of a young Ohio barrister and Harvard graduate. The action takes place in the author’s native state during the period preceding the Civil war, and the chief characters are a veteran general of the Mexican war, bent upon match-making, and his ward and her nephew, a red haired heroine and a bow-legged hero. There are many interesting characters, and John Brown and the underground railway figure conspicuously.

“It is cast in the form of a comedy, in which the author caricatures irascible old age, love and youth with much clever wit.”

+ Ind. 59: 334. Ag. 10, ‘05. 90w.

“It lacks the awkwardness of a maiden effort, and the seams and patches of a labored attempt. It is easy, spontaneous, and all of a piece. For succeed he does, in spite of predecessors and conventions. The author has a delicate touch, as well as a sprightly manner; not all of his effects are broad. The author has a pretty turn for epigram, which he uses with becoming discretion.”

+ + Reader. 5: 255. Ja. ‘05. 330w.

+ R. of Rs. 31: 117. Ja. ‘05. 90w.

Shattuck, George Burbank, ed. Bahama islands. **$10. Macmillan.

“This volume is the outcome of an expedition for which Dr. Shattuck served as director. His staff contained about twenty scientists, each a specialist in some direction; and the volume is accordingly largely made up of papers by these specialists on the geology, botany, animal and fish life, and soils of the island, together with a historical sketch and papers on the sanitary and medical conditions. The book ... is beautifully illustrated with photographs.”—Outlook.

“The work is done throughout in the most scholarly manner.”

+ + + Critic. 47: 191. Ag. ‘05. 120w.

“Each special student will find his own subject well handled.”

+ + + Lond. Times. 4: 271. Ag. 25, ‘05. 710w.

“Is a monograph of high and varied interest and general readability.”

+ + Nation. 80: 397. My. 18, ‘05. 240w.

“Its completeness and wealth of illustrations render it a more than usually striking and handsome example of American thoroughness.” R.L.

+ + + Nature. 72: 154. Je. 15, ‘05. 1470w.

Outlook. 79: 1058. Ap. 29, ‘05. 90w.

+ + + R. of Rs. 32: 125. Jl. ‘05. 130w.

Reviewed by W. M. D.

+ + + Science, n.s. 21: 953. Je. 23, ‘05. 1900w. (Abstract of contents.)

Shaw, George Bernard. Irrational knot. $1.50. Brentano’s.

Mr. Shaw has given matrimonial orders and filled them out of the ordinary. There is an American-Irish electrician for the hero who views marriage calmly and impersonally, but determinedly pursues the woman he loves as he would the forces to be checked and chained for a new electrical machine. After marriage the atmosphere provided for the wife’s heart development is stifling and she seeks fancied 315happiness with a former lover. The machine philosophy of the wronged husband operates thus: “I can divorce you if I please ... You are free too. You have burnt your boats, are rid of fashionable society, of your position, your family, your principles ... and if you can frankly give a sigh of relief, and respect yourself for breaking loose from what is called duty, you are the very woman I want for my wife.”

“The figures might be cast-iron for anything they show of the flexibility and mutability of human life, and they are exhibited, not by one who clearly sees and thoroughly understands the springs of conduct and the objects of endeavour, but by a youth who in his revolt against old conventions has already rushed into grooves of his own.”

+ — Acad. 68: 1094. O. 21, ‘05. 1170w.

+ — Ath. 1905, 2: 539. O. 21. 420w.

“The publishers of the day may be forgiven for thinking that there was no public then to appreciate or understand the ‘original morality’ of Mr. Shaw at the age of twenty-four. We have got used to the ‘original morality’ since then; we could understand a publisher’s refusing the book now as being out of date.”

+ — Lond. Times. 4: 350. O. 20, ‘05. 830w.

“It is much inferior in interest to ‘Cashel Byron’s profession’ and considerably less repulsive than ‘The unsocial socialist’ and ‘Love among the artists.’”

+ — Nation. 81: 368. N. 2, ‘05. 350w.

“It is hardly necessary to say that this new book contains much brilliant wit, and the cunningly worded results of many acute observations of men—and especially women—‘as they really are.’”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w.

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 682. O. 14, ‘05. 310w.

Outlook. 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 40w.

* + — Pub. Opin. 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 320w.

* R. of Rs. 32: 759. D. ‘05. 90w.

* “It is possible that the same mysterious force which drove him through the labour of writing it may have had some purpose which will sustain others through the labour of reading it.”

+ — Sat. R. 100: sup. 8. N. 18, ‘05. 780w.

Shaw, George Bernard. On going to church: an essay; from “The Savoy.” 75c. J. W. Luce.

Mr. Shaw’s arraignment of the man addicted to stimulant is accounted for in the observation “that all drugs from tea to morphia, and all the drams from lager beer to brandy dull the edge of self-criticism and make a man content with something less than the best work of which he is soberly capable.” Mr. Shaw’s theory, supported by the sermons read in enduring stone, maintains that going to church—not for the services but to commune in the sanctuary—supplies the vital want in a loftier sense than the drinking-shop, or the conventicle with its brimstone-flavored hot gospel.

Shaw, L. H. De Visme. Wild-fowl; with chapters on Shooting the duck and the goose, by W. H. Pope; Cookery by Alex. Innes Shand. $1.75. Longmans.

This volume in the “Fur, feathers and fin series” is a “manly book written from the sportsman’s standpoint ... and fathered by three authors—L. H. De Visme, who supplies the narrative as well as the biographies of ducks in general and particular. The chapters on shooting the duck and goose are by W. H. Pope, while A. I. Shand winds up the volume with twenty-odd pages upon wild fowl cookery. The illustrations by Archibald Thorburn and Charles Wymper are unusually fine; those of Thorburn, the British master of his craft, being not only full of action and feeling, but pictures in the best sense.”—N. Y. Times.

* + Lond. Times. 4: 373. N. 8, ‘05. 240w.

* “The whole volume is written in a direct and vivid manner that, while convincing and instructive to the sportsman ... is also excellent reading from a narrative standpoint.” Mabel Osgood Wright.

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 872. D. 9, ‘05. 430w.

* + — Spec. 95: 869. N. 25, ‘05. 130w.

Shearer, J. B. Modern mysticism. *75c. Presbyterian com.

A discussion of the covenants of the spirit, as found in the scriptures with special reference to the claims of modern mysticism.

Sheehan, Rev. Patrick Augustine. Glenanaar. †$1.50. Longmans.

“Glenanaar” is an Irish story, partly historical, whose motif is the stigma which to the mind of the Irishman must be visited upon the kith and kin of an informer—any one who has given evidence in a state trial. The central figure of the tale is Daniel O’Connell who in British parliament as well as in Glenanaar fought for the freedom of his native country. A sprightly modern romance claims a good share of interest in which an Irish-American, an Irish widow, her two daughters and a parish priest figure prominently.

“The book is of course, written from the point of view of partisan, but we confidently believe that even readers as strongly prejudiced on the other side will be unable to resist its fascination.”

+ Acad. 68: 711. Jl. 8, ‘05. 330w.

+ — Ath. 1905, 2: 201. Ag. 12. 250w.

“Canon Sheehan has suffered from his wealth of imagination, and, by condensing into one story materials that should have served to set forth two, has injured the unity of his creation.”

+ + — Cath. World. 81: 832. S. ‘05. 1260w.

“It is deep-rooted in its racial element, interpreting Irish character with an eye by no means blind to its faults, but always with penetration and tender sympathy. The tale is somewhat disconnected in sequence, but is sweet and wholesome, and withal, not lacking in touches of humor.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + Dial. 39: 113. S. 1, ‘05. 230w.

“Abounding Irish humor and delightful bits of character-sketching are to be found in this novel.”

+ Lit. D. 31: 585. O. 21, ‘05. 540w.

“A vigorous and skilful piece of work.”

+ + Lond. Times. 4: 218. Jl. 7, ‘05. 270w.

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w.

“The well-told tale is so full of humor, pathos, and romance that it cannot fail to win the interest of every reader.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 447. Jl. 8, ‘05. 370w.

“Is a story of Irish life filled with a delicate humor and pathos.”

+ Pub. Opin. 39: 221. Ag. 22, ‘05. 60w.

* R. of Rs. 32: 759. D. ‘05. 90w.

“Irish peasants—real, not stage Irishmen—are excellent company, and Canon Sheehan is a good guide.”

+ + Sat. R. 100: 282. Ag. 26, ‘05. 390w.

“The machinery of the story is, then rather cumbrous, but the shortcomings of its structure and arrangement are not likely to affect a reader who can appreciate eloquence, enthusiasm, and geniality.”

+ + — Spec. 95: 292. Ag. 26, ‘05. 880w.

Sheldon, Anna R., and Newell, M. Moyca. Medici balls. *$3.50. Doubleday.

The title is derived from the balls on the Medici coat of arms, which was everywhere encountered by the authors during their wanderings. The journeys consist of trips from Florence to the Mugello, Prato, Chianti, Lucca, Pistoja, Brancoli, and Barga. There are over a hundred photogravures of people, landscapes, buildings and works of art, an index and a full list of illustrations.

“A charming portfolio of studies to be enjoyed by all.” Anna Benneson McMahan.

+ Dial. 38: 351. My. 16, 05. 300w.

316“Is narrated in a chatty, discursive fashion, with a due amount of historical reminiscence and a vivid description of present conditions.”

+ Nation. 80: 132. F. 16, ‘05. 220w.

“The excursions of the authors are of particular interest to the lovers of Tuscany, because we are taken into rather untrodden districts. The out-of-doors life of these districts is described for us in pleasant detail.”

+ Outlook. 79: 451. F. 18, ‘05. 120w.

Sheldon, Charles Monroe. Heart of the world: a story of Christian socialism. †$1.25. Revell.

“The story of an Episcopal minister, who wrote and published, anonymously, a book entitled ‘The Christian socialist’ and on the occasion of his consecration as a bishop renounces his office and the pulpit because of the consecrating bishop’s charge to him to oppose socialism and this book in particular.”—Ind.

“It abounds in thrilling situations and sensational episodes which have nothing essentially to do with the story.”

— Ind. 59: 582. S. 7, ‘05. 100w.

“The principles and aims of Christian socialism are here presented with dramatic effect in the form of a story.”

+ Outlook. 79: 908. Ap. 8, ‘05. 110w.

Sheldon, Walter L. Duties in the home and family. $1.25. Welch.

Lessons on household duties prepared for children ranging from ten to thirteen years of age. The book has been added to the author’s “Ethics for the young” series, and its “ethical keynote is the preservation and strengthening of family ties not only in childhood and youth, but thruout adult life.” (Educ. R.) “The motives and limits of conduct are developed by questions and dialog and enforced by aphorisms, stories, poems and illustrations.” (Ind.)

“This elasticity of treatment strikes us, by the way, as one of the most useful characters of this eminently practical work. At the same time, Mr. Sheldon’s ethics have a strong backbone.” Wilmon H. Sheldon.

+ + Educ. R. 29: 312. Mr. ‘05. 590w.

“The instruction is not sectarian or markedly religious, and could be used in any school.”

+ Ind. 58: 673. Mr. 23, ‘05. 60w.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Complete poetical works, including material never before printed in any edition of the poems; ed. with textual notes and bibliographical list of editions by T: Hutchinson. *$2.50. Oxford.

“This new ‘Oxford Shelley’ gives all the poems and fragments of verse that have ever appeared in print, including a surprisingly large amount of material not to be found in any former edition. The text is the result of a fresh and evidently very thoro collation of the early editions, and the various readings are carefully recorded. All of Mr. Shelley’s historical and illustrative matter, with most of the similar matter worth preserving, is added, supplemented by the editor’s own scholarly notes and a full bibliographical list of editions.”—Critic.

* “Mr. Hutchinson has performed a laborious task both earnestly and ably, and we wish his edition the acceptance which it merits.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 1: 368. Mr. 25. 840w.

“A marvel of editorship and book-making. It is likely to be the final authoritative and exhaustive work of its class.”

+ + + Critic. 46: 384. Ap. ‘05. 100w.

“An authentic, complete, and accurately printed text.”

+ + Nation. 80: 92. F. 2, ‘05. 220w.

+ + Spec. 94: 147. Ja. 28, ‘05. 100w.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. With Shelley in Italy, ed. by Anna Benneson McMahon. **$1.40. McClurg.

The editor has selected and arranged the poems and letters of Shelley which have to do with his life in Italy from 1818 to 1822. The selections are grouped under the various years included in the time covered. The volume is illustrated with over sixty full-page illustrations from photographs of the Italian scenes and works of art of which Shelley wrote and among which he lived self-exiled from England during the last four years of his life.

* “Mrs. McMahan’s own writing fills less than a score of her pages,—a fact testifying to her marked ability to speak briefly and to the point.”

+ + Dial. 39: 443. D. 16, ‘05. 470w.

* Ind. 59: 1377. D. 14, ‘05. 30w.

* “The whole forms a delightful sort of poetic itinerary, whether for persons who are actually in Italy, or for those who travel in imagination only.”

+ + Nation. 81: 446. N. 30, ‘05. 270w.

* N. Y. Times. 10: 769. N. 11, ‘05. 90w.

* “A very attractive and interesting book to all lovers of Shelley.”

+ + Outlook. 81: 943. D. 16, ‘05. 100w.

Sheppard, Alfred Tresidder. Red cravat. $1.50. Macmillan.

A novel of the Prussia of Frederick William, that fantastic monarch whose giant grenadiers wore the badge of the red cravat. A tall young Englishman is seized and thrust into the royal guards through the influence of his rival for the hand of the beautiful English girl, Lady Joan Chrystal. Later the unfortunate guardsman receives the king’s orders to marry a certain peasant lass—but he doesn’t. The characters are all very human but not at all modern.

“Compared to the general average of historical fiction, this novel must be pronounced a decided success.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 1: 684. Je. 3. 230w.

“The novel owes much to its setting, and, while a story of adventure, seems made upon almost new lines from its leisurely style.”

+ Nation. 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 520w.

“It aims at something good; it partly achieves that something; yet it drags. For it is overweighted with talk ... and errs by excess of quaint fancy. The author has done himself most credit in his characters. He has as obviously written the book to please himself. But he will please many others, too, for whom a bit of learned fooling along with some real human nature and some rude human humor does not spoil even if it ‘scotches’ a good story.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 198. Ap. 1, ‘05. 450w.

“It is a fine stirring narrative, not without crudities, and there is some good character-drawing, which redeems it from superficiality. The style has spirit and charm, and Mr. Sheppard is a master of that kind of allusive writing which is best suited to the historical romance. The chief faults are diffuseness and an occasional sentimentality, which were perhaps inevitable in a first book.”

+ — Spec. 94: 557. Ap. 15, ‘05. 180w.

Sheringham, Hugh T. Angler’s hours. $1.50. Macmillan.

Anecdotes of fishing expeditions, bits of advice and some philosophy are found in these pleasing papers by a fisherman on British streams.

+ Acad. 68: 416. Ap. 15, ‘05. 380w.

“It is a long time since we had a book about angling in which practical hints were so takingly varied with admirably penned pictures of the delightful surroundings of the art.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 1: 716. Je. 10. 620w.

317“Mr. Sheringham wields the pen of a cultured gentleman.”

+ + — Nation. 81: 14. Jl. 6, ‘05. 490w.

“There is a pleasant and old-world flavour in his style. There is instruction in his essays too.” L. W. B.

+ + Nature. 72: 220. Jl. 6, ‘05. 540w.

Reviewed by Mabel Osgood Wright.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 402. Je. 17, ‘05. 740w.

+ Outlook. 80: 390. Je. 10, ‘05. 30w.

“Mr. Sheringham’s book is delightful.”

+ + Spec. 94: 559. Ap. 15, ‘05. 220w.

Sherman, Ellen Burns. Taper lights, $1.10. Gordon-Flagg.

Eleven cleverly written essays upon such subjects as, The salt lake of literature, being the salt tears shed by sympathetic readers, thruout the ages; Just a few of the reasons why love grows cold; Between the lines, meaning facial lines; The devil’s fancy-work; and The lifting of veils in literature.

“This is a readable though not a striking book.”

+ Ath. 1905. 1: 558. My. 6. 450w.

* Sherman, Waldo Henry. Civics: studies in American citizenship. *90c. Macmillan.

“A book ‘for students who have at least reached high school age.’ ... The volume is divided into two parts, ‘Studies in American citizenship’ and ‘Collegeville.’ In the first, Land and government, Civil organizations, Banks, Civic and municipal institutions, Justice, etc. are treated. In the second, ‘Collegeville’ represents a township and the various problems of American citizenship are solved in an ideal fashion. The Declaration of independence and the constitution are appended.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* “The purpose is worthy indeed, and some of the methods of presentation show that the author is concrete and understands how to instruct. But he should not have undertaken to write this book before thinking himself out clearly and fully. The sins against good English are numerous, and seriously affect the educational purpose of the book.”

+ — Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 752. N. ‘05. 140w.

* “Highly practical in its bearings.”

+ Dial. 39: 279. N. 1, ‘05. 50w.

* N. Y. Times. 10: 641. S. 30, ‘05. 130w.

* “An excellent handbook for the training of young men for citizenship.”

+ Outlook. 81: 524. O. 28, ‘05. 60w.

Shields, Charles Woodruff. Philosophia ultima, v. 3. Scientific problems of religion and the Christian evidences of the physical and psychical science. **$3. Scribner.

“The late Professor Shields, of Princeton, obtained deserved reputation as a highly appreciated academic preacher, and as a man of literary genius.... The best part of his life was given to working out the scheme of philosophy whose prolegomena in pamphlet form appeared in 1861, and whose concluding volume is now issued. The goal of the final philosophy is justly conceived by Professor Shields as combining ‘the perfectability of science and the demonstrability of religion.’ In the present volume the scientific problems of religion and its scientific evidences are successively discussed.”—Outlook.

“He was a man of learning, in a certain obsolescent way, and the work may be used to advantage by others than psychologists, for whom it should be a document.”

+ Nation. 81: 340. O. 26, ‘05. 200w.

“As to the scientific evidence of religion, one must say that Professor Shields’s argument so oscillates from strict to loose, and from maximum to minimum claims, as to yield rather limited satisfaction, except to a somewhat thin-spun conception of the term ‘scientific.’”

+ — Outlook. 81: 335. O. 7, ‘05. 290w.

* Shirazi, J. K. M. Life of Omar Al-Khay-yámi. **$1.50. McClurg.

“This account of the life of Omar from the Persian standpoint, together with an explanation of his philosophy as understood by admirers in his native land, has been modestly and carefully written. The volume is well illuminated with Persian designs.”—Critic.

* + Critic. 47: 575. D. ‘05. 40w.

* “Mr. Shirazi’s English style is clear and simple, and his presentation of his points exceedingly interesting.”

+ Dial. 39: 383. D. 1, ‘05. 220w.

* “The only real blemish on the book is the author’s anti-religious bias, which he doubtless regards as ‘smart.’ His transliteration of Persian names and book-titles shows little consistency. On the other hand, he has evidently read deeply in Persian sources for the material of his biography.”